Media Studies draws from many academic areas across the Social Sciences and Humanities, in particular: Cultural Studies, Literary Theory, and Gender Studies.

When looking for Media Studies content in academic databases you might have to check both Social Science or Humanities. Sometimes Media Studies will be categorised as Communication or alongside other subjects like Film.

Google Scholar's academic journal ranking is a good place to find well regarded academic journals in Media Studies (categorised here as Communication).

(Journal rankings like this one tend to favour older journals as well as those produced in the USA and UK)